No kidding. The very notion of liberals leading a coup reminds me of Karl Marx's remark that the revolution would never come to Germany because when it came time to storm the trains they would all stop to buy tickets first.

I am curious yellow, Dr Zaius, what sort of revolution did you have in mind exactly? And who exactly is going to lead it? And what happens if it's successful? How drunk with power do you figure the leaders would be?

What passes for a normal capitalist social-democracy elsewhere would be more revolutionary than any revolution any American could come up with. You've got the makings of a nice little democratic republic up there, just go back to first principles.

Robert Bork is probably among the 10 most repulsive Americans but during his failed Supreme Court nomination he did quote someone wise who said "show me a man under 40 who's not a socialist and I'll show you a man with no heart...show me a man over 40 who is a socialist and I'll show you a man with no head."

Good luck with that revolution. I'm laying a big price it won't happen and if it does, you ain't leading it.

Still curious, Dr Zaius. I agree that Trident gum is pretty flavorless, but what the hell you got against Jif? It's pretty good.

What's so bad about brand loyalty? I like Swiss Miss Instant Cocoa A LOT. I like Barbasol Shaving Cream. I like disposible Gillette 2-blade razors. I like Vintage Seltzer. I like Levi's. I like Boar's Head coldcuts. I'm indifferent between Barilla and DeCecco pastas. I like Oral-B 40 soft-bristle toothbrushes and Brioschi effervescent ant-acid. I like Blogger, though I might give Wordpress a second look.

Sorry to be so tiresome, but that "revolution" thing is really scalding my nuts. I don't fucking live in the USA so it's not really my problem, but Christ, Dr Zaius, do you understand exactly what revolution entails? It entails having to be sadistic as hell and not giving a shit whether you live or die. Or whether your kids live or die. It means being willing at the drop of a hat to shoot a police officer in cold blood. If you can be that and do that, maybe you ARE a real revolutionary. I know I'm not. I'm a pacifist. The less violence, the better.

I know a bona fide political radical from Blue Gal's neck of the woods. A real hard case who spent 15 of his 30 years in the slammer down there. His view of it: not so bad if you can find a good spades partner and a good dealer. You that tough? He couldn't kill a cop or a child.

And don't even try to sling any of that Adbusters bull at me the way you did at ANONYMOUS OG.

Please, think these things through before writing them.

Again, I'm going to bet you all I can push in that you do not have what it takes to be a revolutionary. Please consider that a compliment.

and I toss around the word revolution all the time, too. It may not be exactly what I mean, the way you frame it, Kelso, but we want change in America and we are willing to upset some existing paradigms to do so.

That said, the brand loyalty saw has been played enough here, the semantics saw is tiresome too. If you feel you need to, take a pill for the testosterone poisoning. We play nice here.

I'm sorry. I obviously need the rule-book. If you spell the rules out plainly for me, I'll obey them.

I can guess at a couple based on your last comment but I think I want the OFFICIAL rules. If you read THE NATION, you can get a copy of the official set of rules for the cryptic puzzles on the inside of the back cover. The rulebook is pretty thin, actually.

Something like that would work. I'm very good at working within a structured framework, actually. And please make it specific. I need to know what CAN be said as well as what CANNOT be said. I also need to know HOW things are to be said or not said. So far, I got that rhetorical flourishes and forensic debate are forbidden, but now I'm all messed up because if revolution is a metaphor and metaphor is figurative language and figurative language is a type of rhetorical flourish, well you see the confusion...SPECIFICITY PLEASE.

Exile's weird but it sure is nice to live in a place with national heath insurance, where testosterone and progesterone are good things, and the USA liberal blogosphere would fit somewhere in the center of the right-wing opposition party.

For now, I'll just post the lyrics to Kinky Friedman's "Dear Abbie". I think you get my meaning.

From a friend of yours in Texas Who’s had a little trouble finding love. I’m considered quite attractive And I’ve always been quite active at the club. But the life I lead’s so lonesome That I wonder, Abbie, if you’ve ever known What it’s like to live in others’ dreams And never have a dream to call your own. There’s a divorcee in Dallas, There’s a girl who’s much too young in Idaho. London Bridge is falling down And the clergyman is out of town And there’s a daughter no one wants in Buffalo. And I’m wondering ‘bout America, Wondering if we lost more than the war. I’m just wondering if there’s any silver lining left Behind the golden door.

And dear Abbie, Abbie I just had to write. Dear Abbie, Abbie is there any love in sight ?

Well, the last time that I saw you You were living at the old Chelsea Hotel. Even though it’s been a while, hell Even now it makes me smile To think of how you tennis-shoed the bill. And it seems like only yesterday You fell off of the sea-saw and you cried And your daddy lit the fireworks In the backyard on the fourth day of July.

And dear Abbie, Abbie I just had to write, Dear Abbie, Abbie, where are you tonight ?

Rahm Emanuel and people like him and just a big of a threat to democracy as Cheney and his ilk. Because they slickly try to sound like "the opposition" while all the while, they are sleeping with the enemy.